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Rank: Professor Year Hired: 1999
Office: BHS 343
Phone: 308-865-8602
FAX: 308-865-8045
email: hobackww@unk.edu
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Publications:
- Katt, J. D., Koupal, K. D., Schoenebeck, C. W., and Hoback, W. W. 2012. Assessment of a new gear to sample walleye eggs. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32:44-48.
- Sullivan, C. L., Shoenebeck, C. W., Koupal, K. D., Hoback, W. W., and Peterson, B. C. 2011. Patterns of Age-0 Gizzard Shad Abundance and Food Habits in a Nebraska Irrigation Reservoir. The Prairie Naturalist 43:110-116.
- Sullivan, C. L., Koupal, K. D., Hoback, W. W., Peterson, B. C., and Schoenebeck, C. W. 2011. Food habits and abundance of larval freshwater drum in a south-central Nebraska irrigation reservoir. Journal of Freshwater Ecology.
- Olds, B. P., Peterson, B. C., Koupal, K. D., Farnsworth-Hoback, K. M., Schoenebeck, C. W., and Hoback, W. W. 2011. Water quality parameters of a Nebraska reservoir differ between drought and normal conditions. Lake and Reservoir Management 27:229-234.
- Katt, J. D., Peterson, B. C., Koupal, K. D., Schoenebeck, C. W., and Hoback, W. W. 2011. Changes in relative abundance of adult walleye and egg density following the addition of walleye spawning habitat in a midwest irrigation reservoir. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 26:51-58.
- Maline, K.M., Peterson, B. C., Koupal, K. D., and Hoback, W. W. 2011. Distribution of Zooplankton in Harlan County Reservoir, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 32:78-82.
- Katt, J. D., Schoenebeck, C. W., Koupal, K. D., Peterson, B. C., and Hoback, W. W. 2010. Correlation of mature walleye relative abundance to egg density. The Prairie Naturalist 42(3/4):145-147.
- Wieck, B. J., Akahane, S., Abe, M., Middleton, W., Hoback, W. W., & Shaffer, J. J. 2009. Temperature and food availability differentially affect the production of antimicrobial compounds in oral secretions produced by two species of burying beetle. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35(8):871-877.
- Brust, M. L., Hoback, W. W., & Wright, R. J. 2008. A review of the genus Chortophaga (Orthoptera: Acrididae) among Nebraska populations: questioning the validity of Chortophaga australior Rehn and Hebard. Journal of Orthoptera Research 17:101-105.
- Brust, M. L., Hoback, W. W., & Wright, R. J. 2007. Immersion tolerance in rangeland grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Orthoptera Research 16:135-138.
- Brust, M. L., Hoback, W. W., Farnsworth, K., & Knisley, C. B. 2006. Movement of Cicindela hirticollis Say larvae in response to moisture and flooding. Journal of Insect Behavior 19(2):251–263.
- Peterson, B. C., Fryda, N. J., Koupal, K. D., and Hoback, W. W. 2005. Daphnia lumholtzi, an Exotic Zooplankon, Invading a Nebraska Reservoir. Prairie Naturalist 37:11-19.
- Brust, M. L., Hoback, W. W., Farnsworth, K., & Knisley, C. B. 2005. Differential immersion survival by populations of Cicindela hirticollis (Doleoptera: Cicindelidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(6):973-979.
- Hoback, W. W., Bishop, A. A., Kroemer, J., Scalzitti, J. M., & Shaffer, J. J. 2004. Differences among anti-microbial properties of carrion beetle (Coleoptera:Silphidae) secretions reflect phylogeny and ecology. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30(4):719-729.
- Bishop, A. A., Hoback, W. W., Albrecht, M., & Skinner, K. M. 2002. A comparison of an ecological model and GIS spatial analysis to fescribe niche partitioning amongst carrion beetles in Nebraska. Transactions in GIS 6(4):457-470.
- Hoback, W. W., Clark, T. L., Meinke, L. J., Higley, L. G., & Scalzitti, J. M. 2002. Immersion survival differs among three Diabrotica species. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 105(1):29-34.
- Hoback, W. W., & Stanley, D. W. 2001. Insects in hypoxia. Journal of Insect Physiology 47(6):533-542.
- Hoback, W. W., Higley, L. G., & Stanley, D. W. 2001. Tigers eating tigers: evidence of intraguild predation operating in an assemblage of tiger beetles. Ecological Entomology 26(4):367-375.
- Hoback, W. W., & Higley, L. G. 2000. Insect predation, prey defense, and community structure. 1999 ABLE Workshop/Conference Proceedings: Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching 21:293-304.
- Hoback, W. W., Podrabsky, J. E., Higley, L. G., Stanley, D. W., & Hand, S. C. 2000. Anoxia tolerance of con-familial tiger beetle larvae is associated with differences in energy flow and anaerobiosis. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 170(4):307-314.
- Hoback, W. W., Rana, R. L., & Stanley, D. W. 2000. Differential fatty acid utilization during starvation by larvae and adults of the tiger beetle, Cicindela togata from a Nebraska salt marsh. Great Plains Research 10(1):127-144.
- Hoback, W. W., Golick, D. A., Svatos, T. M., Spomer, S. M., & Higley, L. G. 2000. Salinity and shade preferences result in ovipositional differences between sympatric tiger beetle species. Ecological Entomology 25:180-187.
- Hoback, W. W., R. L. Rana, & D. W. Stanley. 1999. Fatty acid composition of phospholipids and triacylglycerols of selected tissues, and fatty acid biosynthesis in adult periodical cicadas, Magicicada septendecim. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 122(3):355-362.
- Hoback, W. W., Svatos, T. M., Spomer, S. M., & Higley, L. G. 1999. Trap color and placement affects estimates of insect family-level abundance and diversity in a Nebraska salt marsh. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 91(3):393-402.
- Stanley, D. W., Hoback, W. W., Bedick, J. C., Tunaz, H., Rana, R. L., Nor Aliza, A. R., & Miller, J. S. 1999. Eicosanoids mediate nodulation reactions to bacterial infections in larvae of the butterfly, Colias eurytheme. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 123(3):217-223.
- Wagner, W. E., Jr., & Hoback, W. W. 1999. Nutritional effects on male calling behaviour in the variable field cricket. Animal Behaviour 57:89-95.
- Bedick, J. C., Ratcliffe, B. C., Hoback, W. W., & Higley, L. G. 1999. Distribution, ecology, and population dynamics of the American burying beetle [Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera, Silphidae)] in south-central Nebraska/USA. Journal of Insect Conservation 3:171-181.
- Hunt, T. E., Haile, F. J., Hoback, W. W., & Higley, L. G. 1999. Indirect measurement of insect defoliation. Environmental Entomology 28(6):1136-1139.
- Ellis, M. D., Higley, L. G., Jones, A., Hoback, W. W., & Quisenberry, S. S. 1999. Bug bash- a pyramid of teaching and learning about insects. American Entomologist 45:200-205.
- Tunaz, H., Bedick, J. C., Miller, J. S., Hoback, W. W., Rana, R. L., & Stanley, D. W. 1999. Eicosanoids mediate nodulation reactions to bacterial infections in adults of two 17-year periodical cicadas, Magicicada septendecim and M. cassini. Journal of Insect Physiology 45(10):923-931.
- Hoback, W. W., Higley, L. G., Stanley, D. W., & Barnhart, M. C. 1998. Survival of immersion and anoxia by larval tiger beetles, Cicindela togata.American Midland Naturalist 140: 27-33.
- Spomer, S. M., & Hoback, W. W. 1998. New ant associations for Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday (Lycaenidae). Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 52:216-217.
Reviews:
- Hoback, W. W. 2002. Review of “Tiger Beetles: the Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity of the Cicindelids by David L. Pearson and Alfried P. Vogler Quarterly Review of Biology 77:335.
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Last Update: 15 August 2012